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[mee-ger]

mea·ger

[mee-ger]
adjective
1.
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
2.
having little flesh; lean; thin: a body meager with hunger.
Also, especially British, mea·gre.


Origin:
1300–50; Middle English megre < Old French maigre < Latin macer lean

mea·ger·ly, adverb
mea·ger·ness, noun


1. See scanty. 2. gaunt, spare, skinny.

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Meagerness is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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meagre or meager (ˈmiːɡə)
 
adj
1.  deficient in amount, quality, or extent
2.  thin or emaciated
3.  lacking in richness or strength
 
[C14: from Old French maigre,from Latin macer lean, poor]
 
meager or meager
 
adj
 
[C14: from Old French maigre,from Latin macer lean, poor]
 
'meagrely or meager
 
adv
 
'meagerly or meager
 
adv
 
'meagreness or meager
 
n
 
'meagerness or meager
 
n

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